They say April showers bring May flowers. Let’s see what April haiku bring:
The Girl She Used To Be
this book is broken
just a thinly veiled romance
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The Ask
a rock star author
a labyrinthine novel
you can read this now
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Mouse Guard 1152
bright and bold colors
a well-imagined fiction
maybe too-Redwall?
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Stray
what is a werecat?
does The Cure sing about them?
feral chicks with claws
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The Missing
mystery falls flat
enjoyable writing though
not the worst Edgar
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The Financial Lives of the Poets
hey now, Jess Walter!
while we should read your book now
don’t steal our ideas
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A Bad Day for Sorry
revenge fantasy
impersonal and tepid
lacked umph, emotion
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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
lots of good stories
most toy with the genre’s rules
a good time filler
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Rebecca
a gripping story
a good, old fashioned Gothic
Hitchcock did okay
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In the Shadow of Gotham
okay, says Nico
already won an award
but stodgy in tone
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Await Your Reply
dark, lonely journey
this novel is riveting
don’t miss all the clues
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The Odds
surprisingly good
not so much a mystery
feel-goodery works
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Vernon God Little
dark subject matter
and a late in life debut
funny, heart-rending
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Beatrice and Virgil
sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks
sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks
sucks, it really sucks
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A Beautiful Place to Die
best Edgar writer?
too bad the end lagged a bit
still, a great effort
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